Jon Jones breaks his silence on UFC champion Alex Pereira, finally accepts Tom Aspinall's title challenge

John Jones Just by hinting that he would give up his belt, he once again shook the world of mixed martial arts. But before that, he must win the next battle against a powerful enemy. Stipe Miocic. Fans have been waiting for the fight since UFC 295, when Jones was supposed to defend his title against Miocic, but the heavyweight champion tore his pectoral muscle a few weeks before the fight. The match was canceled due to this injury.

However, the champion gave MMA fans a glimmer of hope. In X, the heavyweight fighter expressed interest in competing alex pereira and tom aspinall. Weeks after “Ratel” seemed to have given up on the fight with Jones, a tweet hinted that he would eventually accept Aspinall's challenge.

Jon Jones hints at next fight

After Pereira moved to light heavyweight territory, Jones let out a two-word sigh. In X, “As expected.” However, with that in mind, the conversation started to pick up steam again. Jones recently released a photo of himself accusing X and relating to him being cyberbullied. After fans called for “Bones” to relinquish the belt, he wrote:“Maybe next time I'll win this one. No one will be able to catch up to my record now.'' Then another fan declared that Pereira was the only competition. The 36-year-old fighter, who knows the Brazilian's strengths, replied:“He's a bad man.”

Shortly after, the former light heavyweight champion tweeted: Ask fans about their next opponent. “Who would you most like to see me fight, Alex or Tom?” Undoubtedly, this question caused an uproar in the combat community. One fan chose Aspinall as the most suitable opponent, even though the Brazilian is the better fighter to promote the fight.written by a fan“I think Alex is more marketable and can put up a better match for your legacy, but I think Tom will do better, especially when it comes to wrestling and grappling.”

Jones was intrigued by the idea of ​​fighting “Ratel.”he answered:“interesting.” But this wasn't the only time Jones faced Aspinall. After becoming interim champion, the Englishman wanted to fight Jones. Unfortunately, many seemed to believe that the champion was just running away.

Tom Aspinall expressed confidence in Jones

After a failed media tour, Aspinall confronted Jones. However, things got even worse when “Bones” refused to have a symbolic showdown. After doing everything in his power to make this fight happen, Aspinall became discouraged and finally decided not to fight Jones.

“I want to fight Jon Jones, so I'm obviously confident that I can beat him. I don't think Jon wants to fight. Obviously, I want it. I can't do it anymore. I've complained, I've cried about him, I've said good things, I've said bad things, I've asked him about fighting to his face, but it hasn't happened yet. Aspinall said.

Nevertheless, Jones reignited the fire with a recent tweet. If he goes all the way and settles the fight with the Brit, the fighting community will undoubtedly witness one of the most dangerous fights to ever take place inside the Octagon, don't you think? ?